The proof we're doing the right thing in Iraq

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Senior Fallujah cleric Sheik Khalid Ahmed (search) said Muslim preachers would tell their followers that the mutilation of the bodies was wrong.

He did not say whether they would condemn the killings of the Americans, whose charred remains were dragged through the streets for hours after insurgents ambushed their SUVs on Wednesday.

"Prophet Muhammad prohibited even the mutilation of a dead mad dog and he considered such a thing as religiously forbidden. What happened in Fallujah is a distortion of Islamic principles and it is forbidden in Islam. We condemn such acts and all Fallujah clerics will do so during the Friday prayers," he told The Associated Press.

I say:

Well, gee, thanks.

Bodies burned. mutilated, dragged through the streets. Small children wallowing in gore. This is a culture worth respecting? There's no need to dehumanize this enemy. They come pre-dehumanized.

Note: this is *not* "the Iraqi people." There's no such thing as "the Iraqi people." This is just one of many ethnic groups in that region. One of the most barbaric. They had a vested interest in the brutal regime from which we liberated the other peoples of Iraq. That's what they're pissed off at.

To those we liberated, we are liberators. To those from whom we liberated them, well, why should we give a damn what they want? Just grease the bastards. Who'll miss them?

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Quoth the philbot:

Just grease the bastards. Who'll miss them?

How many hundreds of hours of hard-won experience with first-person shootups, PlayStation game controller clutched in one chubby fist and a nutritious snack laden with high-fructose goodness in the other, must this insight represent?

Ah, little Phil, I was raised by a USMC gunnery sergeant who cut his teeth in the South Pacific during the unpleasantness there sixty years ago (Guadalcanal to Guam, followed by several months' recuperation from his wounds in a military hospital) and who, unlike you, has killed men made of blood rather than phosphors. To this day he speaks with loathing of the Japanese, but also with a horror, informed by memory rather than canned fantasy, at the ordeal of war.

But he never had marlowe's, ah, advantages.

cordially,

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Post #149,776 by marlowe 4/2/04 8:16:54 AM Reply	The proof we're doing the right thing in Iraq [link\|http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,115943,00.html\|The sort of people who hate us is all the justification we need] Excerpt: Senior Fallujah cleric Sheik Khalid Ahmed (search) said Muslim preachers would tell their followers that the mutilation of the bodies was wrong. He did not say whether they would condemn the killings of the Americans, whose charred remains were dragged through the streets for hours after insurgents ambushed their SUVs on Wednesday. "Prophet Muhammad prohibited even the mutilation of a dead mad dog and he considered such a thing as religiously forbidden. What happened in Fallujah is a distortion of Islamic principles and it is forbidden in Islam. We condemn such acts and all Fallujah clerics will do so during the Friday prayers," he told The Associated Press. I say: Well, gee, thanks. Bodies burned. mutilated, dragged through the streets. Small children wallowing in gore. This is a culture worth respecting? There's no need to dehumanize this enemy. They come pre-dehumanized. Note: this is not "the Iraqi people." There's no such thing as "the Iraqi people." This is just one of many ethnic groups in that region. One of the most barbaric. They had a vested interest in the brutal regime from which we liberated the other peoples of Iraq. That's what they're pissed off at. To those we liberated, we are liberators. To those from whom we liberated them, well, why should we give a damn what they want? Just grease the bastards. Who'll miss them? [link\|http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/marlowe/#20040402\|Home link] ---------------------------------------------------------------- DEAL WITH IT. Americans: a pack, not a herd. Never mind all the mass graves. Where's the nerve gas? [link\|http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/marlowe/index.html\|http://www.angelfire...arlowe/index.html]
Post #149,799 by rcareaga 4/2/04 11:59:28 AM 4/2/04 12:59:50 PM Reply	doing the right thing: a veteran speaks Quoth the philbot: Just grease the bastards. Who'll miss them? How many hundreds of hours of hard-won experience with first-person shootups, PlayStation game controller clutched in one chubby fist and a nutritious snack laden with high-fructose goodness in the other, must this insight represent? Ah, little Phil, I was raised by a USMC gunnery sergeant who cut his teeth in the South Pacific during the unpleasantness there sixty years ago (Guadalcanal to Guam, followed by several months' recuperation from his wounds in a military hospital) and who, unlike you, has killed men made of blood rather than phosphors. To this day he speaks with loathing of the Japanese, but also with a horror, informed by memory rather than canned fantasy, at the ordeal of war. But he never had marlowe's, ah, advantages. cordially, [Edit: repetition] Die Welt ist alles, was der Fall ist. Edited by rcareaga April 2, 2004, 12:59:50 PM EST Expand All History
Post #149,801 by boxley 4/2/04 12:26:19 PM Reply	sawright I just submitted Phil's resume to Blackwater Inc. "You're just like me streak. You never left the free-fire zone.You think aspirins and meetings and cold showers are going to clean out your head. What you want is God's permission to paint the trees with the bad guys. That wont happen big mon." Clete questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]

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